Sources and reservoirs of anthropogenic iodine-129 in Western New York

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 63, Issue 13-14, 1999, Pages 1927-1938

  Fehn, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; IODINE; RADIONUCLIDE;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0342948962     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7037(99)00133-7     Document Type: Article

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